Combined sheet-music and suspension-rod.



No. 792,210. PATENTED JUNE 13, 190 5.

N v E. A. HARDY.

COMBINED SHEET MUSIC AND SUSPENSION ROD.

APPLIOATION FILED OOT. 8,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. HARDY, OF JANESVILLE, IVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTI-I TOERLING K. LOVERUD, OF STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED SHEET-MUSIC AND SUSPENSION-ROD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 792,210, dated June13, 1905.

Application filed October 8, 1904. Serial No. 227,755.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HARDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at J anesville, county of Rock, and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Combined Sheet-Music andSuspension- Rods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-music; and it pertains tothe construction of the binding, the location of a duplicate title, andthe device for suspending the sheet from its binding edge in the rack ofa cabinet.

My invention is explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a front view of the invention, comprising asheet of music provided with a suspension-rod permanently secured to thebinding edge and a duplicate title arranged transversely to the printedmatter therein. Fig. 2 represents an open sheet of music provided withmy improvements, and Fig. 3 represents the lower edge of the sheet as itappears when laid in a horizontal position.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters throughout theseveral views.

A represents a plurality of sheets of music, which when bound togetherand open, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are folded in two separate places,said sheets being centrally folded at B around the suspension-rod G andalso creased and temporarily folded at one side of the center, asindicated at D, which represents the temporary fold, at which point thesheets of music are adapted to be bent when opened. It will beunderstood that the contiguous surfaces of that part of the sheetbetween the suspension-rod C and the temporary fold D are permanentlysecured together in any convenient manner, either by clamping-plates,stitches, or any adhesive substance, ordinary glue, however, beingpreferred for such purpose, and such part is referred to herein as thebinding E. Thus it will be obvious that by forming the temporary fold atone side of the binding-rod the binding E and suspension-rod C areadapted to be folded forwardly against and parallel with the cover ofthe sheets when open, as shown in Figs. 9. and 3, whereby such parts Gand E are out of the way and do not, as they might otherwise, interferewith placing the sheets of music upon the music-rack of a cabinet.

It will be understood that my device is made with especial reference tothe separate sheets of music being suspended in large numbers in closeproximity from their supporting-rods in the rack of a cabinet in such amanner that the bound edge of one sheet of a series will extend slightlyabove that of the preceding sheet in such series, and to enable the userto readily see the particular sheet of music he wishes to use I haveprovided a separate duplicate title arranged transversely to the printedmatter within and parallel with the suspension-rod, whereby when thussuspended the title of all the sheets in a series may be readily seenand any particular one desired may be readily withdrawn from the others,as stated, without removing or otherwise disturbing the others, wherebythe necessity of handling a large number of sheets of music when seekingthe one desired is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A plurality of sheets of music provided with two separate folds, apermanent fold and a temporary fold, said permanent fold being formed atthe center of the sheets and said temporary fold being formed at oneside of the center, in combination with a suspensionrod secured to thefolded or binding edge of said sheets.

2. A plurality of sheets of music provided with two separate folds, apermanent fold and a temporary fold, said permanent fold being formed atthe center of the sheets and said temporary fold being formed at oneside of the center; a duplicate title printed parallel with and betweensaid permanent and temporary folds and a binding-rod secured within thebinding of said permanent fold, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDIVARD A. HARDY.

IVitnesses:

H. SANDOW, H. A. Mousse.

